Today's News

ALBUQUERQUE — A body pulled from Lake Michigan has been identified as that of a University of Chicago student from Albuquerque.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said that 20-year-old Austin Hudson-LaPore was recovered from the lake early Wednesday by Chicago police after the body was spotted by a fisherman. The third-year student was last seen around 8:30 p.m. on June 12 at his apartment near the university’s campus.

SAN FRANCISCO — The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation’s driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth’s surface.

Hydraulic fracturing, or the drilling technique commonly known as fracking, has been used for decades to blast huge volumes of water, fine sand and chemicals into the ground to crack open valuable shale formations.

Monica Garcia preparing herself to do well at SkillsUSA in Kansas City next week.

Garcia says that the first thing she notices when she meets someone is their smile. It’s only right that Garcia will be competing in dental assisting at the Skills USA competition in Kansas City from June 23 to June 29. She is the lone student representing Luna Community College.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system has approved a budget that freezes tuition.
MnSCU’s (MINN’-skews) $1.9 billion budget uses a state funding boost to hold next year’s tuition to this year’s rate. Fees will stay nearly flat.

By David Eggert
The Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. — The state’s school superintendent and treasurer could dissolve a deficit-ridden district and send the students to nearby schools under legislation narrowly approved Wednesday by a divided Michigan Senate.